Bledisloe 1
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Interesting.
Frizell and Ardie both out.
Surely go with Akira, Cane and Sotutu. Papalií on the bench. These guys really need to put down a marker.
They'll surely go with EdG and Bower as looseheads - interested to see whether they stick with Newell at tighthead or go back to someone more experienced. (Barring significant injuries, Angus might be done).
Otherwise, same-same for me.
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@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 1:
@nostrildamus Ardie has started every match there has been this year. He's been consistently world-class over a longer period. Samisoni comes in second for me.
Sotutu is the best, hasn’t lost a test match this year.
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@ACT-Crusader haha fair play
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@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 1:
@nostrildamus said in Bledisloe 1:
@Canes4life said in Bledisloe 1:
@nostrildamus Ardie has started every match there has been this year. He's been consistently world-class over a longer period. Samisoni comes in second for me.
So there is a longevity criterion now? Ok
Dan Coles has started every match one could expect of him [without a zimmer frame] given Samisoni has been the best performer this year and Codie Taylor has a second line in a meat pies bakery. He's been consistently irritating world-class players over a longer period (since 2012). Samisoni still comes in second for me.Exactly, Samisoni in second, thanks for proving my point. Ardie has obviously been our best, he’s been influential in every game this year and the voting system on here backs up that notion.
Not his fault that some moron kept playing Codie Taylor.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe 1:
Pick all three Barretts in the back row. Won't make a lick of difference.
Jordie at 8 (right Blackdragon proportions)
BB at 7 (same height as Richie McCaw?)
Scott at 6... (bit of height there)
might not be that bad and we haven't had a big ball-kicking (and dropkicking) 8 since Zinzan-he went alright. They'd also be familiar with cards. -
If the pattern of the rest of this RC continues, the All Blacks lose the first of the two-game series against a single opposition and win the second.
Of course, that could always break the mold. Let's just hope though that that equates to winning both, not losing two in a row. The disruption to the now established back row of Frizzel, Savea and Cane is a worry, but Sotutu is overdue a run at 8. Let's just hope he's not under-cooked. Perhaps they'll start Scott Barrett at 6 and have two loosies on the bench in Akira and Jacobsen?
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@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@NTA said in Bledisloe 1:
Pick all three Barretts in the back row. Won't make a lick of difference.
You are trying to claim this underdog status hard, my man.
I don't need to put in any effort, really. It is apparently for all to see.
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@NTA said in Bledisloe 1:
@Crucial said in Bledisloe 1:
@NTA said in Bledisloe 1:
Pick all three Barretts in the back row. Won't make a lick of difference.
You are trying to claim this underdog status hard, my man.
I don't need to put in any effort, really. It is apparently for all to see.
you beat the Rugby World Cup Champions. They only let us win once so we'd keep Foster on. We then tussled with the Argies for 1 out of 2 and let them break the record. We are definitely underdogs.
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@His-Bobness said in Bledisloe 1:
If the pattern of the rest of this RC continues, the All Blacks lose the first of the two-game series against a single opposition and win the second. Interestingly, for the other three teams that pattern is reversed - the Wallabies won their first against Argentina and lost their second, the Boks won their first against the Wallabies and lost their second and, of course, the Pumas beat the ABs first up and then capitulated in the second.
Of course, that could always break the mold. Let's just hope though that that equates to winning both, not losing two in a row. The disruption to the now established back row of Frizzel, Savea and Cane is a worry, but Sotutu is overdue a run at 8. Let's just hope he's not under-cooked. Perhaps they'll start Scott Barrett at 6 and have two loosies on the bench in Akira and Jacobsen?
As home team goes.
Oz W,L
SA W,L
ARG L,W
NZ L,WSo with the final round being home and away and each being 'first game' we get
NZ L, L
Oz W, W
SA W, W
ARG L, LDef need to break the mould.
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@His-Bobness said in Bledisloe 1:
Interestingly, for the other three teams that pattern is reversed - the Wallabies won their first against Argentina and lost their second, the Boks won their first against the Wallabies and lost their second and, of course, the Pumas beat the ABs first up and then capitulated in the second.
Waaaait a miiiinute... what am I not getting here? Even if that were true (you might wanna revisit the bold) it still requires one team winning then losing, so flip it on it's head and it's the same pattern...have I been whooshed?
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@Crucial Well there’s some incentive if we needed any! I do feel sorry for the Aussies with their run of injuries and absences. Kerevi, Hooper, Cooper, Tupou (maybe), Lolesio (maybe) and Paisami (maybe) all leave a big hole. Although, we’re also without Moody, ALB, Goodhue, Frizzel and Savea - so it’s not as if we’re at full strength either.
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@Bones Yes you’ve been wooshed and I got carried away after a third G’n’T. Apologies, have corrected.
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@His-Bobness said in Bledisloe 1:
@Bones Yes you’ve been wooshed and I got carried away after a third G’n’T. Apologies, have corrected.
Quitter.
